Archive for May 2009

Steele providing more GOP entertainment

May 22nd, 2009 | By Mike | Category: Republicans

I’m trying to find the time to get back in to covering stories, but I saw this and had to at least provide a link. Think Progress already has a nice synoposis on why Michael Steele put his foot in his mouth when he said that President Obama wasn’t vetted because he is black. Man, [...]



Credit Card Reform: Helping the lazy stay lazy

May 12th, 2009 | By Mike | Category: Credit Card Companies

I have been following the credit card reform being championed by President Obama. Then I read this article at The Whig blog about the silence of Vice President Biden. In my opinion, I think the Vice President is dead on opposing this legislation. I’ll do my best to keep this more politically based rather than being a rant.



Huckabee afraid of becoming as “irrelevant as the Whigs”

May 8th, 2009 | By Mike | Category: Mike Huckabee, Modern Whig, Republicans

Today Mike Huckabee warned the GOP that if they abandon the social conservatives they will become as “irrelevant as the Whigs”. I had to laugh at the irony, because the GOP embracing the social conservatives is exactly why the Whigs are going to become increasingly relevant. The increasing frequency of these warnings only serve to [...]



GOP Civil War, Rush bringing down the party for his own gain

May 6th, 2009 | By Mike | Category: Republicans

I have already mentioned the GOP’s Civil War and Rush Limbaugh is not only instigating the war but spearheading the side of the social conservatives. On Monday Rush accused Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney of “hating” Sarah Palin. He is defending her as the best candidate for the GOP. If you prefer Sarah Palin, that’s great, but by attacking prominent Republicans Rush is only alienating the social conservatives even more. Rush still believes that fiscal conservatives and social conservatives all fall under the same hat of “Republican”, or does he? What many news outlets and Republicans are afraid to say in fear of losing any social conservative audience or voters is that Rush has a stake in keeping social conservatives as the core of the Republican party. Luckily, I’m not a politician and I don’t have much of an audience, so here we go.



White House to release photos of low flying plane over NYC

May 6th, 2009 | By Mike | Category: NYC, Obama

The White House is planning to release photos of the much-discussed Air Force One flight over NYC. The media made a very good point stating that the Obama administration pledged to have a transparent government, then quickly denied access to the photographs taken on your dime. I could have gone without seeing the official photographs [...]



Maine legalizes same-sex marriage

May 6th, 2009 | By Mike | Category: Gay Marriage

Yet another state legalizes same-sex marriage.  Here is what the governor of Maine had to say:
“I have come to believe that this is a question of fairness and of equal protection under the law and that a civil union is not equal to civil marriage” -John Baldacci
Another blow to the social conservative movement. More to [...]